| Description | Registered (managing) Owner: Samuel Shields, 185 High Street, Hull
Master: Joseph Akester, 78 Campbell Street, Hull
List of crew includes:
1) Joseph Akester, master, aged 43, born Hull
2) John Shields, boatswain, aged 37, born Ayr
3) John Cochrane, A B, aged 30, born Ayr
4) Henry Singleton, A B, aged 21, born Ayr
5) James Mansbridge, cook, also A B, aged 21, born Ayr
[Includes note on blue paper regarding a log book and other documents which were lost when the vessel went ashore.. Dated 10 Feb 1872]
List of crew also gives details of date of present engagement, when to be on board, wages per week, amount of advance, amount of weekly allotment, to whom to be paid, previous ship served on, signature of skipper/managing owner, discharge date/place/cause, character ability/conduct and signature of crew at release.
Other sections give details of official number, boat tonnage and horse power, nature of fishing on present expedition, apprentices on board, certificates or indorsements, official log, record of death. |